Network Security Engineer

Recognized as one of Canada’s fastest-growing companies, Launchpad provides next-generation integration platform capabilities for connecting and managing enterprise automation and data integration. Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, our operations span both North and South Americas, with a second headquarter located in Santiago, Chile.

Our vision is to bring people and technology together to work seamlessly to achieve extraordinary business outcomes and create more efficient societies. If this sounds like something you want to be part of, we’d love to hear from you.

We are seeking a Network Security Engineer to join the Network Engineering Services team, a team responsible for designing, building, securing, and maintaining our client’s global corporate, development and production infrastructure within the cloud and data center networks.

As Network Security Engineer, your role will be to ensure the availability, stability, and integrity of the network infrastructure services, with a concentration on Network Access Control (NAC). You'll be part of the team that will develop scalable secure network solutions by utilizing standardized reference architectures, author documents, define lifecycle and operational support models, and implementation activities to deliver a secure network platform.

You will have a solid foundation and experience in deploying and supporting a diverse range of environments, including designing large enterprise security infrastructure, highly available firewall designs, policy orchestration, and management platforms. You will also support daily operations of the network infrastructure and services, including projects, network upgrades, maintenance activities, and on-call rotation.

**Responsibilities**:

- Design, configure and maintain security infrastructure for corporate and cloud environments
- Partner with Global Security to constantly improve the company's network security standards
- Participate in cloud infrastructure security standards, including security, configurations in the public cloud (Azure, AWS, etc.) platforms
- Develop automated methods to remediate and mitigate network events and minimize network operational complexity
- Handle complex and detailed hands-on technical projects to establish and maintain a secure environment
- Implement and maintain network security infrastructure globally including Firewalls, DDOS mitigation, VPN, and remote access
- Design, build, and deployment of solutions that protect the company and its customers against advanced threats
- Research and understand emerging information security threats, vulnerabilities, detection, and remediation to secure the network environments
- Potential travel to support field office projects

**Requirements**:

- 5+ years of network engineering experience, supporting large global multi-vendor enterprise infrastructure
- Demonstrable experience in building distributed security systems and highly available services
- Proficient in network-security concepts such as firewall, network segmentation, proxies, and IPS/IDS
- Solid knowledge in routing and switching technologies and protocols: BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, VTP, VRF, STP, VLAN, vPC, HSRP, VRRP, MPLS, QoS, GRE, IP SEC, DNS, TACACS, NTP, etc.
- Knowledge of identity and access concepts and technologies to secure production and corporate access, such as SSO and SAML
- Lead implementation and configuration of security solutions, working with vendors and professional services as needed
- Review solution architecture and lead security solution implementations and associated configurations
- Experience running and maintaining a 24x7 Internet-facing production environment, across multiple data centers including public clouds
- Experience with Palo Alto Networks including Panorama required
- Experience using network diagnosis and packet analysis tools
- Strong verbal and written interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work independently and solve problems with speed and efficiency
- Ability to self-motivate and manage/prioritize tasks
- Passion for customer service and attention to detail and accuracy

**Education**:

- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering, or related field

**Why work for Launchpad?**
- 100% remote
- People first culture
- Excellent compensation in US Dollars
- Hardware setup for working from home
- Work with global teams and prominent brands based in North America, Europe, and Asia
- Training allowances
- Personal time off (PTO) for vacations, study leave, personal time, etc.
- ...and more

At Launchpad, we genuinely care about our people as individuals. If you are looking for a team that values growth, drive, and passion for your craft, if you’re seeking a place to achieve your goals and dreams with fairness and integrity, then you are the future of Launchpad. Launchpad is committed to fostering a diverse and representative workforce and an inclusive work environment where all employees are respected an